Environment
3 people prosecuted for illegal dumping of 26,000t of waste
Three people have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for the large-scale dumping of 26,000t of illegal waste, the equivalent...
Waste
Environment
Landowners urged to be vigilant for waste criminals
The Environment Agency is warning property and landowners to be vigilant for criminals who target their land and buildings to...
Environment
Waste company offers £100k to wildlife project following fire
A West Midlands waste management company has offered £100,00 to a local wildlife project following a fire at its Cannock...
Environment
Second man interviewed in relation to large-scale waste crime
A second man was interviewed yesterday (Thursday, August 8) in relation to large-scale organised waste crime through fly-tipping across several...
Agri-Business
Man arrested in Essex for organised waste crime
A man has been arrested in connection organised waste crime through large-scale fly-tipping across rural areas in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire...
Environment
Landowner fined following unauthorised disposal of waste on his farm
A landowner has been fined for failing to respond to a planning notice after he was suspected of the unauthorised...
Environment
Devon man sentenced to 32 months in prison for dumping waste on floodplain
A man from Devon has been sentenced to a total of 32 months in prison after he dumped thousands of...
N.Ireland
NI agri minister to speak at Belfast waste management conference
Northern Ireland’s minister of agriculture, environment and rural affairs, Andrew Muir, will speak at this year’s Northern Ireland Waste &...
Rural Life
Dorset: Dog owner fined £300 after lamb is killed by dog
A dog owner has been ordered to pay a farmer £300 after their dog killed a lamb during a sheep...
N.Ireland
3 Armagh men given suspended sentences for waste offences
Three men from Co. Armagh have been given suspended sentences for waste offences relating to over 6,836t of controlled waste....
Agri-Business
Origin Fertilisers becomes an ambassador for The Green Tractor Scheme
Origin Fertilisers has become an ambassador for The Green Tractor Scheme, with the aim of supporting the farming industry to...
Environment
York agri-business to pay over £23k for waste offences
A York-based farming business has offered to pay £23,640 to the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust after spreading waste sludge on...
Environment
18% of waste is illegally managed - survey
According to the National Waste Crime Survey 2023, 18% of all waste is illegally managed. This figure remains unchanged from...
Environment
Man wanted for illegal waste activities on Cotswolds farm
A warrant is out for the arrest of a waste offender who participated in illegal waste activities on a Cotswolds...
N.Ireland
Derry man found guilty of waste offences
A man from Co. Derry, Northern Ireland has been found guilty on three counts of waste offending. 62-year-old Thomas McGlinchey,...
Environment
Waste disposal: Check the collection register and avoid fines
The English, Scottish and Welsh governments have records of all those registered to legally partake in waste collection/disposal and urge...
N.Ireland
Court forces fuel-laundering farmer to pay back £15,500
A Crossmaglen farmer involved in fuel laundering has had £15,571 (€17,518) confiscated in court after 127t of domestic and commercial waste...
N.Ireland
Tyrone brothers fined £9,000 for waste offences
Two Co. Tyrone brothers have been fined in court for failing to correctly dispose of waste. John McDonnell of Frenchman’s...
